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V&A Rising Voices review – can decades of stunning global art really be squished into three rooms?

V&A South Kensington, London Indigenous and First Nations artists are the beating heart of this fascinating exhibition of contemporary art from Asia, Australia and the Pacific. It deserves a better showing Every three years, Queensland Art Gallery scours the whole of Asia, Australia and the Pacific (which is probably why it takes three years) to find the best art being made across the region. The Asia Pacific Triennial is a giant, incomprehensibly enormous task. Now, the V&A is somehow trying to sum up those three decades of art from multiple continents, dozens of island nations, countless Indigenous populations in … three rooms. Help! Continue reading...

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According to The Guardian’s source item, V&A Rising Voices review – can decades of stunning global art really be squished into three rooms?, V&A South Kensington, London Indigenous and First Nations artists are the beating heart of this fascinating exhibition of contemporary art from Asia, Australia and the Pacific. It deserves a better showing Every three years, Queensland Art Gallery scours the whole of Asia, Australia and the Pacific (which is probably why it takes three years) to find the best art being made across the region. The Asia Pacific Triennial is a giant, incomprehensibly enormous task. Now, the V&A is somehow trying to sum up those three decades of art from multiple continents, dozens of island nations, countless Indigenous populations in … three rooms. Help! Continue reading…

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V&A Rising Voices review – can decades of stunning global art really be squished into three rooms?The Guardian - 2026-05-13T16:43:57+00:00

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